The best-selling tech comm book on the market, Technical Communication offers comprehensive and accessible advice on planning, designing, and drafting documents for a broad range of situations and applications. For eight editions, it has been known for its thorough coverage, student-friendly tone, model interior design, and abundant samples of the techniques and guidelines discussed throughout the book. As always, Mike Markel keeps pace with current technologies and the realities of technical communication today.
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Mike Markel is Director of Technical Communication at Boise State University, where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses. The former editor of IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, he is the author of numerous articles and six books about technical communication, including Ethics and Technical Communication: A Critique and Synthesis.
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I had to buy this book for a college course and, quite frankly, I think it's ridiculous. While there are fantastic examples and projects in this text, I did not come across a single piece of information that could qualify as anything other than common sense. This may be useful as an early high school textbook, but no high school grad should need to learn any of this stuff. The result was a class of 30 kids rolling their eyes through lectures and laughing at the absurdity of the material included. I was very irritated to pay such a high price for a book that afforded me no new knowledge. The two stars were for the book's potential use in high schools or as a teacher's resource for relevant projects in technical writing.
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This book has very useful information for professional writing. The only complaint I have is the author occasionally states his opinions as facts.
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Technical what?!,
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I have the eighth and ninth edition(ed.)! Both being great works of art. The value of the eighth is substantial, until the tenth comes out reducing the price of the ninth. There are major changes between the eighth and ninth (although hardly noticeable unless you have both texts). For college though, a $100 price difference at purchasing time, your pocket may make the decision for you!
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